Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Pasta in broad flat strips with straight or rippled edges.

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  • noun a wide form of fettuccine, or a narrow form of lasagne, traditionally eaten with a meat sauce (especially one made with hare)

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, from pappare, to wolf, gobble down, from Vulgar Latin *pappāre, from Latin pāpa, pappa, children's word for food.]

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Examples

  • At the restaurant, the ragu is served with fresh pappardelle, which is traditional, but use the pasta you like.

    Hold the...Well, Nothing Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011

  • Leftover roast duck, goose or rabbit, pulled off the bone and stewed slowly in a combination of its own (creamless) gravy, red wine and canned tomatoes makes for a luscious ragu to be tossed with wide noodles, such as pappardelle or tagliatelle.

    Elissa Altman: The Holiday Onslaught 2008

  • I could sit down to one any day of the week- particularly if the pasta are the wide, flat pappardelle which is my absolute favorite.

    Archive 2007-04-01 Tokyoastrogirl 2007

  • I could sit down to one any day of the week- particularly if the pasta are the wide, flat pappardelle which is my absolute favorite.

    Tuna Toast Tokyoastrogirl 2007

  • At Bistro Don Giovanni, grab a table near the fireplace and get ready to tuck into some seasonal fare, such as pappardelle pasta with a wild boar Bolognese sauce.

    TODAYonline 2010

  • At Bistro Don Giovanni, grab a table near the fireplace and get ready to tuck into some seasonal fare, such as pappardelle pasta with a wild boar Bolognese sauce.

    TODAYonline 2010

  • The menu mainly sticks to northern Italian cuisine with handmade pastas such as pappardelle, linguine and spaghetti, all topped with delicious sauces such as wild-boar ragu.

    Daily Vanguard RSS 2009

  • Instead of cutting it into fettuccine, the dough can be adapted for all types of pasta: other long pastas, such as pappardelle (wide ribbons) and tagliatelle; short pasta, such as garganelli and penne (both tubular pastas); flat pasta, such as lasagne and cannelloni; and filled pastas, such as tortelloni (large parcels), ravioli (square-filled pasta with fluted edges) and cappelletti (little hats).

    Archive 2008-07-01 Shaun 2008

  • My mother, originally from a tiny hilltop village in Calabria, would often make pasta with tomato sauce on Sunday and then a more exotic pasta condiment on Thursday maybe a ragu of rabbit with pappardelle, for example.

    Vincent Scordo: Eight Tips for Making Perfect Pasta at Home Vincent Scordo 2011

  • My mother, originally from a tiny hilltop village in Calabria, would often make pasta with tomato sauce on Sunday and then a more exotic pasta condiment on Thursday maybe a ragu of rabbit with pappardelle, for example.

    Vincent Scordo: Eight Tips for Making Perfect Pasta at Home Vincent Scordo 2011

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